Class 1
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Literacy & Communication To link with our theme, ‘whats the story’ we will be exploring and writing traditional fairy tales, which will also compliment our work on castles. The children will also have the opportunity to recount on a trip to the castle. |
Mathematical Development Block B: Unit B2, securing number facts, understanding shape Block C Unit C2, Handling data and measures Block D unit D2, calculating, measuring and understanding shape Throughout the units the children will also demonstrate and use the correct vocabulary related to addition and subtraction through practical and written work. Groups may be working alongside the teacher or TA. The children are all encouraged to ask and answer questions and make relevant contributions to group or whole class discussions |
Science& DT Sound
In science the children will be investigating different sources of sound, how we hear it, and how we can create our own. Linked to DT the children will also use junk modelling to create their own instruments that produce different sounds. The children will also have the opportunity to plan and create their own model of a castle. |
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ICT In ICT the children will be exploring information from different sources as a stimulus for discussion. This will link in with our work in science, recording sounds, and also with our work on castles, where the children will be able use pictures and sources on the web for information |
Year 1 Work plans 2010 spring term 3 Theme: Whats the story? |
Arts & music Linked to our theme ‘whats the story and our trip to the castle, the children will look at the tapestry’s that are hung around the castles and will create a collage based on one of their traditional tales. Music will link closely to Science, and they will explore rhythm. |
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History & Geography This term we will be looking at castles in the past and where they are in our locality. They will be investigating what castles were like long ago, and look at how and why they were made. They will become history detectives and find out about castles using books, pictures, plans, the internet, and a school visit. |
RE In RE the themes are: Special people Meals Good and evil |
PSCHE Say no to bullying Continue to develop empathy for others Recognise right and wrong Develop positive relationships through work and play PE The children will be starting Gymnastics this term. They will explore gymnastic actions and make still shapes, move confidently in and around their space safely. They will also begin to create a link of movements and actions and use this carefully around different apparatus |
13th November
What successful parents evenings! And once again thank you so much for attending!
This week we have continued our topic on India, linking it to Art and Design and Technology. The children have had the opportuntity to learn simple sewing techniques and create a small peice that will add to our display. The children have learnt this week that Rangoli patterns originate as a drawing outside a hindu's house to welcome people. The colourful Rangoli patterns are created with either, sand, grains, or chalk. The children were able to use an ICT based program to design their own rangoli patterns, which are beautiful! Here are a few examples for you to see!
2nd November
Welcome back to another fun packed term! I hope you are all well rested and have had an enjoyable break! As you can see below our topic for this term is about India. There will be lots of opportunities for the children to explore the differences and similarities to their own and others lives. They will have the opportunity to handle Indian artefacts, look at photos, dress up, and try Indian food. If the children have anything from home related to the topic, then please feel free to bring it in!
Parents evenings start this week, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you then!
Class 1 walk
On Monday 28th Sept, we took the children for a walk along the road to find out what is around our school. The children were able to identify what was familiar/unfamiliar to them and talk about what they could see. The main purpose of the walk was so that they could post their postcards they had written from Space! We hope that they arrived safely!
2nd Oct 2009
What a fantastic week we have all had! Our Alien theme day was a huge success and the children all looked fabulous, so thank you to you all for all your hard work with the costumes! It was lovely to have all the parents and family in in the afternoon, and it was lovely to see the children reading and drawing with the grown ups! I think the children deserve a big round of applause for their assembly, and as Mrs Keane said, they were very brave to be the first assembly of this year!
It was also another great day on Thursday for the 'Pass the Passion', and it was fantastic to see such a big turn out, both in the morning for the passing of the torch and at the autumn fair, which was a huge success!
During the day the children took part in many sport related activities, starting with a 'Wake up and Shake up' aerobic class lead by Mrs Keane, which got everybody moving and motivated for the day! keystage 1 took part in multi-sports activities lead by the SSCO for area, which proved a success!
Next week the children will be investigating their senses, through Science and Literacy, so it will be a very multi- sensory week!
Next week we are really looking forward to our Alien theme day!! Don't forget Fancy dress on Weds 30th Sept. Parents are welcome to come and join their class at 2.15 to read with them and see what they have been doing. Our class assembly will follow at 3pm! See you there!
Contact us class1@st-marys-deal.kent.sch.uk
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Communication, Language & Literacy In Literacy we will be starting the term reading a selection of stories about aliens and space, linking to the narrative topic on stories about fantasy worlds. further on in the term we will be learning about our senses and reading and creating lots of poetry, linked to our sensory activities. The children will also have the opportunity to create lists, labels, and captions for our class topic work.
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Religious Education There is a seperate sheet for parents which gives detailed information about RE. This term children will be looking at the themes: beginnings |
Personal, Social & Emotional Development Social and emotional aspects of learning.(SEAL) This programme aims to develop the underpinning qualities and skills that help promote positive behaviour and effective learning. It focuses on five social and emotional aspects of learning: self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills. This term the theme is new Beginnings and helps children to recognise and deal with their feelings in a positive way, to learn from their experiences, recognising what they are good at. It helps children set themselves goals and recognise how their behaviour affects other people. |
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Mathematical Development
The children wil be doing maths in a range of different contexts, particularly practical. The activities involve the children describing and solving problems, they will be counting, ordering and writing numbers to 20 and beyond. the children will also demonstrate and use the vocabulary related to addition and subtraction through practical and written work. Groups may be working alongside the teacher or TA. The children are all encouraged to ask and answer questions, and make relevant contributions to group or whole class discussions. |
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Year 1 work plans Autumn 2009 |
Knowledge and understanding of the world
In Geography the children will be exploring the area around our school and the grounds itself. The children will have the opportuntiy to do some fieldwork, studying maps and plans, and creating their own. The children will also have the opportunity to look at the changes in their family over time. The children will be able to comapre life to now to how it was for their family long ago.
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Creative development In Design and technology, we will link it to our topic about our alien freinds, planning and designing rockets to take them to space! In art we will be exploring portraits and the importance of them through time, and as a twist they will create portraits of their aliens, exploring different colours they can create and different moods.
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Physical Development
In PE the children will be doing dance this term. Linking to our aliens theme, we will explore what it is like to go into space or to be an alien, exploring and creating different types of movement and dance, to an array of different music.
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Knowledge & Understanding of the World cont...
In ICT children use graphics packages to explore and realise their ideas and to identify ways to develop and improve their work, creating aliens. They will need to select and use simple tools (pen, brush, fill, and spray), and understand that work can be easily amended and ideas can be tried out without spoiling earlier versions. They will learn that sometimes a screen version is the final version of a piece of work. they will also have the opportuntiy to create a simple animation.
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